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Aug 20, 2013 | Press Releases |
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) has received a five year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to study the development of psoriasis, and to evaluate molecules that have the potential to prevent psoriatic symptoms and that could be models for drug development.
Read MoreAug 20, 2013 | On The Record, Press Releases, Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Speaker's Task Force on Mental Health Chair Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, recognizes the need for harmonization between physical and mental heath records from personal experience as a physician and after repeated requests to the task force calling for this coordination, he told the Wisconsin Hospital Association Public Policy Council earlier this month, as reported in the group's weekly newsletter. (WHN, 8/20)
Aug 19, 2013 | Top Stories |
With just six weeks until sign-ups begin for the new online health insurance marketplaces in Wisconsin, regulators have yet to release any details about what plans will be offered or how much they will cost, the Associated Press reports. (AP, 8/19)
Aug 19, 2013 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
A recommendation late last week from the federal government to reconsider Medicare payment status for Critical Assess Hospitals that don't meet certain distance requirements could result in 53 of the state's 58 hospitals with the designation losing their status, says the Wisconsin Hospital Association. (WHN, 8/19)
Aug 16, 2013 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Milwaukee's teenage birth rate - one of the highest in the country - has decreased in each of the past five years. A major reason for that is the work of the United Way of Greater Milwaukee, which has launched an aggressive campaign to cut the rate nearly in half by 2015. (WHN, 8/16)
Aug 15, 2013 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
Under a provision in the state's recent BadgerCare Plus waiver, it would continue charging premiums for adults that receive transitional medical assistance, something not traditionally allowed during the first six months of the program. (WHN, 8/15)
Aug 15, 2013 | Top Stories |
Will Schupp is offering a plan in which patients can pay a monthly fee, between $30 and $50 depending on age, and have free access to a family doctor. The concept, called direct primary care, follows the model of 'concierge' medicine - doctors who put themselves at the beck and call of the wealthy for exorbitant fees. But that concept was adapted to coverage for the working class and has worked well in urban centers like Seattle and New York for the past decade. (CAPITAL TIMES, 8/15)
Aug 14, 2013 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
A project using iPads and customized software to address chronic diseases in children is going national after a successful pilot program involving school nurses in rural Wisconsin counties. (WHN, 8/14)
Aug 13, 2013 | Top Stories, WHN Stories |
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics' gross charges from Unity Health Insurance members have increased significantly since January, while charges from Physicians Plus Insurance dipped during the same time frame. (WHN, 8/13)
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